[000:00:00;00] ah she's been hum. international anti corpse excellence award, bought now for your hero. ah. hello there, i'm associate a in dough home with the top stories here now to 0. we begin in sri lanka, where security forces have rated the main anti government protest camp and colombo,

just hours after ronald become a singer, was sworn in as president protest to say they'd plan to vacate that area by friday afternoon. they come, a singer has threatened to crack down on what he calls the undemocratic demonstrators who toppled his predecessor shortly after that protest site was cleared danish good a one day now was sworn in as re, like as new prime minister. he's an ally, a former president got to buy a roger boxer. men are fernandez, has worn out from columbia. in terms of the cabinet list, i was sent a list, obviously in the cabinet. the new cabinets on in is more or less the very same cabinet as the old one. even the defense secretary of very staunch supporter of the former president, go to our b roger boxer. ours, one of the leading commanders during the war. a major general retired major to come . ogden ratner has been re appointed as defense secretary, which all goes to sure that there might be a new name and

a new person in the top office. but it very much seems to be that those who have been appointed are all raj, a box, a loyalist, the u. s. house committee investigating the january 6th attack on capitol hill has heard how former president donald trump wants to events unfold the hours before taking action. former whitehouse staff members told the committee that trumps tweets help to fuel the interaction. turkey says that russia and ukraine will sign a deal on friday that will allow ukrainian ports on the black sea to reopen altos. air understands that the deal ensure safe passage for ships transporting grain and that all those ships will be inspected at a port and tacky fire. cruise and lebanon's capital won the remaining grain silos at the buried port are at risk of collapsing, rising santa temperatures, and the fermentation of the grain sparked fires that though silos last month, they were badly damaged in 2020 by the explosion at the bay route port then

a hot has worn out from boilers the silos behind me at fable ports, experts as well as firefighters. tell us that the yes indeed, they risk collapse. it's hard to say when it could be in the next few hours, days, or, or even weeks. but the bottom line is this, the wheat, the corn that is stabilizing the, the structure, thousands of tons of leaf and corn, they are slowly burning. and if they continue to burn, or if you remove them, them the structure collapses. if i just get out of the way you can see the smoke rising in recent weeks there has been. a really, a series of, of fires. the last one was ignited last night. fire fighters are telling us that the army created a cordon around the structure, not allowing them to get close because of the risk of, of,

of it collapsing. and they don't have the equipment in order to reach the source of the fire. so if this continues to burn, then the what really holds the silos up to keep it standing will continue to burn and there's 9 meters under ground. filled with gray and filled with corn, which is turning into oil. so really this, the silos is it has a lot of symbolic meaning for it, for the people of the city and of this, of this country. but in particular, for the victims, families of the victims of this devastating blast which really killed more than 200 people and devastated neighborhoods. they see this as a witness, a witness to a crime that still has not, has not been sold. at least 18 people have been killed and a police raid on one of rio de janeiro is largest low income communities. and he said 16 of the victims were members of organized crime groups. but residents have

accused the offices of using heavy handed tactics. a state, you know, we held for japan's former prime minister sions, or are there on the 27th of september, a private funeral has already been held for our bay. he was assassinated while he was giving a campaign speech on the 8th of july. for those of the headlines, they'll be more news here after hours their investigations. ah, al jazeera investigative unit goes undercover in cyprus. we reveal how the spectre of corruption hangs over the islands, passport by investment scheme, a lease

with it. and we show how a convicted criminal might obtain a european passport for the right price. i have people take us with our investigation leads to one of the highest offices of state, the president of the parliament. i see. busy that in the port, i have to prepare my name, which we show how a criminal with a golden passport could change his identity to evade justice wasn't considered a foreigners who invested 2 and

a half 1000000 dollars. often in luxury homes can obtain a separate passport under the cypress investment program. the holder of a cypress passport has the right to live and work across the european union. there is an island in the mediterranean, where prosperity is a way of life. cypress welcomes the world. the al jazeera investigative unit obtained a leak naming tune a half 1000 people, purchased a separate passport. we called it the cypress space, a cypress papers made global headlines. a l. d that want you to show that make westport, i'm just, you don't have to meet with. i don't think that full way the site for what my last

5 favorite ideas commission is frequently raised its concerns about investors traditional scheme. i think it was a lap between on, on the last, you know, i'll just here is investigation revealed that many new citizens should not have received passports if they are linked to crime. wanted suspecting, convicted cyprus, his minister of interior dismissed al jazeera is evidence double. danielle jazeera, then in the i haven't even showed up here a lot of my gun back out that this keep the revelation spot anger in the european union. the european commission should put cypress before the european court of just the european justice commissioner says he'll consider legal action to stop cyprus from selling to citizens. and i think if it's needed to introduce an intrusion proceeding all to problem was a dish that a separate government says it always acts in good faith. and that it's tightened

rules on a home kind of pain citizenship in future, or that they went up. what i'm also about in current use, the me, but we're at least on this young little son becca, idea to people who have been did what i'm others that minister claim cypress. never knowing the allowed convicted criminals to obtain european passports got in us here . then you can log in and you do have to fill up with them that are more the only going to going to get you on a supply list. i like it into a portal. now al jazeera investigative unit brings further revelations that go to the lots of the superior state. ah, we begin in london under cover reporters persuade a former british policeman. 10, fix it that they are rich, klein needs one of cyprus, his golden passports, in the investigative unit creates a nameless,

fictional applicant who will call mister x. they told a former policeman that the applicant was chinese, very rich, that he fled from china with his illegally obtained wealth. and that he received a 7 year prison sentence in absent here. for bribery and money laundering. ah, the investigation moves to cyprus. the 1st stage for a criminal to receive a european passport is a meeting with a right property agents, a former policeman. now an enabler arranges for our undercover reporters to meet his contacts

with denise k and her husband owned the sold on cyprus estate agency. he said by a south trace out on file because we can are under cover reporters are advised to move to and will private location will have a chat. we go to the us, denise and husband tony k. help those who invest in their property to get separate passports live here, love the island with who's with our undercover reporter at billy and says he represents are made up applicant mr. x.

my dream job is because this is for people. he called us on issues in china. we named our 2nd undercover reporter and g. she's acting his belief assistant ah, china's going lunch talks to hugh for probably a crush and she was very well clerk to come. he go, information, go to with all before who please to action. so you, so that is news and as it's in china and move the money through my ca, cassiano g. now, us, hong kong, i do call citizenship the chinese coleman's sentence, him for 7 years for, for those. if he does that,

if you really trust that he will be sentenced to 7 years, he will be in manage jail because the same as was make other his absence. according to the rules of the cyprus investment program, a successful applicant needs a police certificate, confirming a clean criminal record. the person who we also know we'll do is have bruce integration has been moving hong kong for bow 2 years. like i think actually years 2 years this didn't release place the quote for hong kong. oh sorry. the boy ran to the 2nd. yes. what a shy, then my 1st year there was an all going to hang on to the song of the independence as before, the chinese segment, i was huge and from still time to short pay the low to use or some lubrication from the chinese. so he can, for all the can call them to cyprus,

freely what you and the leader the cypress investment program will, golden passport scheme has brought over $8000000000.00 to the supreme economy. since 2013 most of that has gone into real estate, the case connect the island property business with its golden passport program. the software program came along, then it just expired. it is about getting sound investments. i'm producing the possible and getting it done quickly and efficiently. they're part of a specialized team of enablers. you'll meet to say the lawyers, the accountants, the as if you st client has really that right? we chaperone the, we look up. they treated very, very well when they leave the last the cypress,

achieve whatever they need to achieve. how many pages you have on hundreds we have 100 percent success, right? 100 percent, 100 percent because of the point that has a name that will crop up throughout our investigation. and the person is chris, chris. yeah, he's a member he's actually very, very, very good to know what it comes to doing. what we're doing right now to stock is giovanni has been a member of the cypriot house of representatives for 9 years. he also runs giovanni group, one of the largest property developers in the country, and an event of significant consequence began with a vision to create a reputable trustworthy organization, locks the key christ,

background p as a development company, he was from very humble background, very politically for many years, very hard respecting, very, very high perspectives in cyprus, everybody know him, respect to everyone on the boat, which is the paper that the board of the cypress investment program includes representatives from the interior and finance ministries and the government investment authority. ah, there are some clients that we helped with assisted to get passports and some what problem back to school. but we managed through chris's connectivity to break all the rules and in an unprecedented why we got the hostile issue come very very, that is a dream becomes a reality. after years of diligence. he's excellent man.

so solution find out there is a solution always obviously the country doesn't want to have terrorists that want to have bad people. so the diligence is more about keeping these people out of the possible skate. but if you've got people, critical people with reasons for these problems for them, explain it to the very highest people and say this is position. what can we do? a lot of people want to get an audience group and not so many get out there with tony and denise k. arrange for our undercover reporters to see the giovanni groups newest investment opportunity. welcome to our world of luxury setting. when a cypress is most sought after areas, sun city is a landmark on its own. okay.

i see for all of my brother h v like cars is so with this or is it a private pool? yes. thought that what is what sort of coordinate video by that i got a call from you and i believe it's in via doris had g. zachary ash, it's a property advisor for the giovanni group. they bought this one in his mother. so if you can get the passport and case, but i because his mother is buying another apartment. so another application of possible will come through the sun city is a 1st of a kind by star resort hotel. combined with residence is the past is being late for

mr. rex convicted money laundering to invest in cyprus and obtain a passport they can buy and a from why they, how can they limited company a can have no money director so that he's not, he's never shown. they can have a company with money and you know how they play in front of that is in japan, aspects of invest in office that will be attractive to these kinds of gentlemen where there are problems a cost more money to achieve these things. so what we would do is find out who has to be spoken to as prepay, what investments need to be made. if there is a headache, we find out we've calculation, we've been solution. we come to you and say, this is the solution, is this sets of all it is acceptable dental procedure. he's absolutely the right person for what we're talking about. this is where it all began.

a world of luxury and counter. what i'll do is, so during the course of your few days, introduce you to a lawyer, but the lawyer will give you the breakdown of every document the time, which includes police. frank old. now is the police record comes back and it's not good. that's a problem, but you've explained to me the problem and there will be a solution to this whole thing. so really nice to meet you. i think i know my next step is for our undercover reporters to meet with a lawyer a mr. hassan situation in china 2 years ago, he was moving some business activities, reach

a commission. andrea's pathologist is a registered service provider for the cypress investment program alone, such as a service that we use our shuttle probably a florida in order to issue a problem. however, we, we need to find ways to overcome this fall. no, i will say i, i say you, can you kind of be glad to work that way around. but the solution, if you look at side of our solutions, the phone with our undercover reporters are

again told that one man holds the key should problems arise. i don't know for full last year for the next year. every these are see me several work there. those people are not change where government changes and there is a head of the general general manager, or there is a nice change any time a with the ministry of interior approves golden passports. the general manager at the time

was kept cross to pre, i knew the minister was constantino's per treatise kitty, i knew was the civil servant to administer the program. i was go ages started to get a little bit of a c, o, o, o, o o, there. normally we aren't, t, she is should be and there is, there is also wasn't over time until i was excited. so maybe the giovanni group has a specific investment in mind for mr. x 1000000000 and she had taken to the

proposed site of a 2nd son city development. i'm going to show you a break and tony's antonio runs the giovanni group. right. i need to wrestle with jimmy jimmy, you continue to hold that as we can make the sale of the apartment until near is seeking an investment much more than the 2 half $1000000.00 necessary for a supreme passport. they said we don't want to do it. people want to pipes that one, right?

the big, this is, i'm going to want to i heard the sign up with, they want to run, it does very short key body or they love. the idea is what i mean the 1st audio. and that's what tell you can really we're gonna turn this into private. these are the would those grades to clear? i've, if it's really something amazing, what get the on face lawyer, andreas potentially explains the importance of presenting. mr. x is case favorably

but this is the one of these guys did me when they were there on sunday she doesn't she said weeks days. they are trying to compare possible to pay extra incentives and convincing no your client o k y c document is essentially in order for mister x to bring his funds to cyprus . he doesn't have the quote to that. i would say, i don't know if you do that by a bus home. the size of the sun, so says to me, to play with his finances because of a former employee here,

a lincoln was phone number 45. hey, i know who get yes. you have dish long term. okay. well you said be sufficient for me to suffer patient from you to some family. this one option is to use a shell or front company that's untainted by the applicant, criminal conviction, a company called people and the foster kind of from the same car. i said they couldn't do a criminal offense. he called me yesterday. it was the only job, the money was clear to me while company was involved. we can't make it. yes. because law all companies we have to leave,

you have to go to quote for so this is not an easy case. if we're power plant monthly premium, publish not it will have a client left the clinical vision, but not to the issue is not believed to them on this. it, this is so this i'm so sorry. another ways for a family member to be seen to make the necessary investment. i decided to what was best on the quote, but she's what i had a good a you make progress is p o issue in part 2 are under cover report to meet the president of the supreme parliament,

angie. damn us the see as they continue to seek a european passport for our fiche, no convicted criminal will support. oh, a ah, wherever you go in the world, one airline goes to make it for you. exceptional katara always going places to go on counting the cost once the economic impact of europe's extreme weather conditions and are developing nations, getting the funds needed to make the transition to renewables plus aircraft have

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just hours after running because the singer was sworn in as president protest to say they plan to vacate that area by friday afternoon from a singer had threatened to crack down on what he called the undemocratic demonstrators who toppled his predecessor shortly after that protest site was cleared danish. good. oh, dana was sworn in asheville, anchors knew, prime minister, he's an ally, though a former president got the by a roger paxis. minot fernandez has more now from slumber. in terms of the cabinet list, i was sent a list, obviously in the cabinet. the new cabinets on in is more or less the very same cabinet as the old one. even the defense secretary of very staunch supporter of the former president, go to our be roger boxer. ours, one of the leading commanders during the war. major general retired major to come. ogden ratner has been re appointed as defense secretary, which all goes to show that there might be a new name and

a new person in the top office. but it very much seems to be that of those who have been appointed are all roger boxer loyalists. the u. s. house committee investigating the january 6th attack on capitol hill has heard how former president donald trump watched events unfold the hours before taking action. former whitehouse staff members told the committee that trumps tweets help to fuel the interaction. turkey says that russia and ukraine will sign a deal very shortly that will allow ukrainian ports on the black sea to reopen. out of their understands at the deal ensure safe passage for ships transporting grain and also that all ships will be inspected, our support in tacky fire, cruise and lebanon's capital worn, that the remaining grain silos at bay root port are at risk of collapsing. rising summer temperatures and the fermentation of the grand sparked fires at those sailors last month, they were badly damaged in 2020 by the explosion at bay root port. at least 18 people have been killed in

a police raid on one of rio de janeiro as largest low income communities. please say 16 of the victims were members of organized crime groups. a bystander and police officer were also killed. residents of accused the officers of using heavy handed tactics. well, those are the headlines i'll have more after al jazeera investigations. stay with us. in part one are under cover, reporters were given legal advice on how a convicted money laundry could invest in cyprus and juice. now the lawyer practice describes how a successful applicant can ensure his wealth is never traced back to his criminal past. ross good trains with us just continually as well as this dispute because

he will continue the lot of it locally i in his name. now, what is the name? half or half of united states has not if you check his original, they can lived, lived in florida with that name. so we made up for david type has changed his name to his passport. his problem. now with us book, you name the, with his plate would come in human view frame was of interest on this before. this is a, oh, is it possible this is jerry said gap in the cypress just and you can change the name of any questions. how to we did this is house one document and nobody can find out you can do the

document for us to review it. you will have any jewels in psalms, i hope. do you think that 20 recall with a meeting with the politician, chris doc, his giovanni is the next stage in the plan laid out by tony k with someone i've known for many years. very helpful with the main guest had not yet arrived. i see that

he's very close. right. pretty well today. i close, but that's me. tell you it was probably giovanni works with many foreign investors. second, charge a simple percent, much turbo, both in a move in on the ai with actual about this issue on the upside. however, this is going to be added. i felt i respect this with rama,

which i'm flu. i live with the people, take us with stories giovanni's right hand man, antonio antonio joined the table about a b and to near is here to advise on the next moves in. the 1st thing would be always to stop you to fight you are what we study that a he reiterates what the lawyer said, produce a persuasive, know your client document. to satisfy the banks. i'm going to want to start

out with sheet for the money. what i said with the 5 are through the bunks, we can accommodate money here and let's say that the money. how do i push for the investment part? then we have a buyer and we will advise you wouldn't be ways. are you going to 70 deputation dance with

the main concern needs whether information on the applicant crimes could be discovered. this is a loose problem. they, in any way, a lot of things we need to know enough on a, a, with a, any substance things on the money to return a pay reassures our reporter is there will be a solution for the right price. and then we'll explain us how you can find out how to solve um, frankly,

what cost with at the giovanni group i'll face our run to cover report is briefed on the lucrative investment opportunities we are open for. yeah. that 65. so that's b b a here with more than what we want to do that just market. after viewing more,

giovanni group properties are under cover report has went with guide had she's actually re as to a lunch with kate and the lawyer. peter juice. no, with i thought the guy who was with my, with a lunch with

china beach, a say that's why we always for someone like with the lack of face because from value with our property advisor high g zachary s says. but in the passport business, it's who you know that matters also our side because i want to see i was to my little to parliament, you know, souls being up going to do something to lead god by this much easier. teach us with all the handling. i mean, hello, my name is lisa, please mind a gauge on what's going on on them. i take it from here, but i look for them to talk

with you. we are told there is a 2 track application system, the official route. i don't know that way more money is required i think is it possible for to say no? i differentiates and shall treat with stevens to people that i think the government feeds up there look, buying the puzzle area. the, like i said, these are the 6 of those over to them. you already i'm with these any book regulations, but you can go and see, these are the other guys i will respond with the fly. let's see. okay. i mean, you know,

7 or 6 it will say ok guys. is this? i think it's not something retail officially. i like to. we know my the sure my help with as we want to possible to these us all. hi. alrighty. the higher the better to new york tells us more about the, to track application system. well skip them with applicants of the cypress investment program are required to donate to specific

organizations. antonio explains how cash payments might also have to be made by an applicant who, like mister x, has a criminal record. if you did the picture, complicated, if there's an extra comes, she says, we cannot tell this unless we see the 5. if we can do, for example, we need to pay $50000.00 donation to some are actually cost more money. we can put them in the content taking this monitor the call can get to these people. we can take them in cash. what are the amount depends on the difficulties presented in the applicant file. i cannot have, you would have to pay 50 or hundreds of 200 pounds up to could this not unless we should have higher because even higher this good. then we don't need to do it. if there are issues, then we start, there's a should one by one. you know,

this one with patricia explains that a major investment will bring with it many more opportunities for passports. that's why we should still be there a chance if i think this one haven't really been committed. i forget the possible it says pfizer. all the invest bill in front of the public can make the investment and then divide 25 possible place. if he has more pious, it appears that mr. x can even set up his own passport selling business. we have made progress in the us or for go on for other players who made the joint venture

by that built by venus for apartments or to put him there. and it was silly either. edward his will slices will be most of the company. well, the people went to billy, learns that your stock is giovanni's political influence, reaches the highest levels of the state of the 2nd month was an employee of july ah, please your back order. his table very good. which is the speaker was he said he was the middle of his or medically was so there are years with cable as well as soon as he came, it's because the house he got these were the secret i'm with the pay was kind of

like it didn't share with i know you because i a flores in the book is a good little bit more the next step is to meet the speaker of the house of representatives, also known as the president of the supreme parliament. from our under cover, reporters are invited to meet him at lunch in chris dock, his giovanni's house, a angie with the estate agent. tony k was invited. antonio antonio is also, there was with us, you see a union, china will know how the,

how to lemon school 28 law should know the prisoner of the part of the from the prison with demetrius. delores host the 2nd highest office of state in cypress billy tells him about the applicant trio. so good. there was a problem, scott. so he wasn't able to ignore. confused reading. we'll collect in china. you don't have you gotten a quote on a 2nd letter. so you want to be home here to home, home, home, probably spend with us like a piece of the rest of my son. you know, like i don't,

i'm to our guides in. sometimes i work with him on luckily school basically have to how do, did you just with case in europe, paul a as he considers the options, the president of the separate parliament office, other solutions if spanish reporter news in later will kind of work. i'm other people can't do the job. you're not like with a check i know on the presidential. the

problem is when like when i talk to you about sri, the law. i mean, i know we're a little bit a just for sure. i'm here to be sure to use doesn't change is mike, i hope it okay. i show you a few. giovanni is dolores and to new and billy into a private room before the rest of him. he need to sell that to the business in which has for the money all from china to my comp truck is up. since he was convinced it was convenient for bribery. and i want to know who part of the site push hosting share for

to grace. i will get you with any support and they will tell you when to check the information supposed to be and where we will clock how to do. if there is a problem, we're not going to stop the top on and we'll have to show it was gibberish. overfishing. here. see what was done in cross refers to kick cross to pre i knew the director general permanent secretary at the interior ministry. so i will quote, denise credit by your office, the treadmill secretary of the news. okay. currently office. what do you

you said chilled me to make a shirt over to learn? yes. but without the name. so you don't live in a really low infomercials background so that they need to look for. okay. okay. what about sure his okay. the way, the way that he can bring him in as a customer was seller is once billy to give a message to our fictitious criminal applicant, we compare you got through her without mission my name or anybody for support. i then a little political economy researcher. okay. just to find that shouldn't be. yeah. okay. so we're and to neo even sees

an opportunity to sell more passports to billy's wealthy clients, children every time you have any other prospects people, it has to put in a sport. let's meet them. if she's in the service and there are a lot they, they won't be the cheapest, she'd been set as it is for the wedding business with us. it will show for bloom. and though we, we definitely have you suppose with us and you have with confidence ness, if kiss or the house of kiss kiss a kind of shit, how would it vicinity maintenance we receive. busy any given time?

the should of switching period issue here they are sir. the have to province. my. my name is room. as to our reporters left cypress, the government announced that $26.00 golden passports should not have been issued and would be revoked. a report by the reuters news agency at highlighted abuses of the scheme in a text message, billy voice concerns, pettus, reassured him, but nothing had changed. the announcement was simply to quell media criticism. andreas potentia said he understood from the outset that what was proposed involved, money laundering and criminal activities and that everything he did thereafter amounted to fishing for more details. he also indicated that

a few days after our journalists had left cyprus without providing him a copy of mister x's, passport, he made a report to cyprus, his anti money laundering unit. tony and denise k of sold on cyprus, said that they had also been suspicious of 1000000000 angie and had always made it clear that cypriot law would have to be obeyed in relation to any money that was transferred or to a passport application. chris doc, his giovanni and toners, antonio and c. a. doris had jesus from yes, of giovanni group told us that they had shed their suspicions regarding mr. rex with a lawyer, andreas pretentious. they relied on the fact that he had reported our approach to the anti money laundering unit. after our journalists had left the island, they said that they had always made it clear that they would have to be satisfied

as to the legitimacy of the investor and his sources of fund before any application could be processed. they added that references to cash donations were actually to mandatory payments required under the cypress investment program. they said their ongoing dealings with our undercover gentleness were intended to gather information, to support a report to the authorities without tipping them off. cape pro, skip re, our new told us that he knew nothing at all about the case a week after the release of the cyprus papers he pre, i knew left the interior ministry and became permanent secretary at the ministry of education culture in sport. demetrius hillary said he had provided no services to mister inks, and again relied upon the anti money laundering report subsequently made by touches . there is no suggestion that marriott hotel had any knowledge of matters revealed

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